{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d70f80f93c4f6a06e779ee43","clusterId":"c_7d8dabf86da70cb284fbae46","slug":"isobe-watches-toyotomi-kyodai-with-band-after-sendai-live","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Isobe Watches Toyotomi Kyodai With Band After Sendai Live","summary":"Hiroyuki Isobe of the rock band [Alexandros] plays Motochika Chosokabe in NHK's taiga drama Toyotomi Kyodai!, starring Taiga Nakano, and spoke after Episode 36 aired on the 20th. He said he visited Motochika's grave, called his band's Sendai live show night viewing of Episode 25 a source of happiness, and described Nakano sending him a written account of a day on set.","whyItMatters":"A bassist with no acting experience holding a taiga role confirms the pattern the drama has leaned on: casting beyond the usual acting pool, and letting the lead actor set the tone on set.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eEpisode 36, titled \u0026#34;Himewakako to Oniwakako,\u0026#34; centers on Motochika Chosokabe, whose ambition is the unification of Shikoku, rebelling against Hideyoshi, played by Sosuke Ikematsu. Hideyoshi names Hidenaga, played by Taiga Nakano, supreme commander of the Shikoku campaign, and Hidenaga mounts a large operation against the natural fortress. Isobe\u0026#39;s most memorable scene so far is Episode 25, where Motochika performs Noh and greets Nobunaga, played by Shun Oguri. He was nervous in a room of lead-class actors, and watched that broadcast in a dressing room in Sendai with his bandmates after their live.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"[Alexandros]'s Hiroyuki Isobe watched his taiga drama episode in a Sendai dressing room, still drenched in sweat from the live, with his bandmates. He plays Motochika Chosokabe in Toyotomi Kyodai! and visited Motochika's grave before filming.","twitterPost":"[Alexandros]'s Hiroyuki Isobe on his Toyotomi Kyodai! role: he visited Motochika Chosokabe's grave, and watched the Episode 25 broadcast with his bandmates in a Sendai dressing room right after a live show.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Hiroyuki Isobe of [Alexandros] plays Motochika Chosokabe in NHK's taiga drama Toyotomi Kyodai!, and Episode 36 aired on the 20th. He said he visited Motochika's grave before filming, and that his most nerve-wracking scene came in Episode 25, when he performed Noh before a room of lead-class actors. He watched that episode with his bandmates in a Sendai dressing room right after a live show.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0157015\",\"title\":\"[Alexandros]'s Hiroyuki Isobe Watched \\\"Toyotomi Kyodai!\\\" with Cast Members Right After a Live Show: \\\"I Was Supremely Happy\\\"\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4785,"outputTokens":680,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789909164,"createdAt":"2026-09-20T12:53:44.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-20T12:58:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-20T12:58:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_7d8dabf86da70cb284fbae46","canonicalTitle":"[Alexandros]磯部寛之、ライブ直後に「豊臣兄弟！」メンバーと視聴　「最高に幸せ」","representativeArticleId":"a_ae5ead68aaee9aadf43a9cf4","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Toyotomi Kyoudai\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Hiroyuki Isobe\",\"Taiga Nakano\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-20T12:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-20T12:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-20T12:58:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Cinema Today","url":"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0157015","title":"[Alexandros]磯部寛之、ライブ直後に「豊臣兄弟！」メンバーと視聴　「最高に幸せ」"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Toyotomi Kyoudai"],"studios":[],"people":["Hiroyuki Isobe","Taiga Nakano"],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}